Shower-bath.



H. W. A. LEHNERT.

SHOWER BATH.

APPLICATION FILED JULYZZ, 1910.

Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

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SHOWER BATH.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1910.

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In. the drawings, which show one of the.

formswhich my invention may take, Figure 1' shows the attachment applied to an ordinary bath-tubfaucet and shower-bath fixture; Fig. 2' is a side elevation of the tub faucet and my attachment disconnected from 1 the tub and shower; Fig. 3 is a front elevas tion of same looking in the direction of the arrow in. Fig. 2; Fig. 4v is a verticalsection partly in elevation through my attachment, showing also the mouth. of the tub faucet andfurther. showing the plug of the attachment positioned with its handle pointing downward to deliver from the faucet to the tub; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig.- 4 except that the plug and its handle have been .turned upwardly and: away from the tub through an angle of 90, in which position the attachment delivers-from the faucet to the shower; and Fig. 6 is a top plan ofthe attachment looking in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 5 omitting the plug and its handle.

I will now describe the devices of the drawings, reserving it to the claim to point out the novel features and to define the scope of the invention, it being understood that the claim-will be given due range of equivalents..

1 is the bath tub faucet which may be of any usual type, that shown delivering either hot or cold water or both from its mouth 1.

' a 2 designates my attachment the details ofwhich will next be described, said attach- .ment being secured to the bathtub faucet and being connected to the shower 3 by a pipe connection which may conveniently include a rubber tube .4. The attachment proper consists of a casing 5 having a conical opening extending horizontally through it forming a seat or chamber for a conical plug 6 having elbow handle 7.. The plug is and leadin held rotatably in position by the usual nut s and yielding washer 9. The casin' has an inlet orifice 10 receiving the water rom the faucet and delivering down through the upper art .of the casing to its. conical seat. It furt er has two outlet orifices in the same vertical zone as the aforesaid inlet orifice 10 from the conical seat, one of them 11 de ivering downwardly to the tub and being therefore conveniently termed the tub orifice of the casing, and the'other 12 delivering horizontally or outwardly throu h the front of the casing to deliver to t e shower and being therefore conveniently termed the shower orifice of the casing. The

to of the casing expands into a horizontal ta le 14:having slots 14: at its four corners and a recess14" in its top at the mouth of the inlet orifice 10 toreceive a rubber washer 15.

16 designates U bolt-s adapted to straddle the tub faucet and to support the attachment therefrom by passing the threaded ends of the bolts through the slots 14 and applying the nuts 16 underneath the table '14. By taking up on these nuts, the washer 15 is clamped between the mouth lof the faucet and the table of the attachment, which is thereupon secured water-tight to the faucet. The plug 6 has a through port 17 extend.- ing completely through it paralleling the handle 7 and connecting the inlet orifice 10 and the tub orifice 11 of the casing when said handle points downwardl toward the tub as, shown in Figs. 1 to The lug furtherhas a partial port 18 leading rom the outside ofthe plug into the through port at rightangles thereto, the mouth of said partial port being located at one side of the vertical zone, above mentioned as including the inlet and outlet orifices of the casing. The result is that the mouth of this partial port is sealed by the conical seat of the easing except at the place 5 where the seat is cut away. By means of this cut-awa portion, the inlet orifice 10 is connecte with the partial port 18 and therefore delivers a into said portand thence delivers by way of the through port 17 to the shower outlet of the casing, and consequently to the shower. This, it will be noted, occurs when the handle 7 is in horizontal position pointing outwardly away from the end of the tub an toward the shower. Onthe other hand, when thehandle 7 is in vertical position pointing downward, the mouth of the partial port 18 is positioned as shown m Fig. 4

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where it is sealed by the conical seat of the casing. Therefore, no water can get to the shower. On the other hand, the tub is being supplied because the through port 17 is connecting the inlet orifice 10 of the casing and 11 ofthe casing, it follows that the attachment will deliver to the tub. 0n the other hand, it cannot deliver to the shower because the mouth of the partial orifice 18 is seen from Fig. 4 to be sealed by the seat of the casing. Next, to deliver water to theshower, the handle is moved through 90 into horizontal position pointing toward the shower. This rotates the plug so that the through port 17 is now horizontal and the partial port 18 is vertical as shown in Fig. 5, with its mouth uncovered at the cut-away portion 5 of the casing, so that the water delivers from the inlet orifice 10 of the casing through said partial port into the through port and thence horizontally outward through the shower orifice 12 of the casing to the shower. In this position of the handle and plug, it will be noted that no water can be delivered to the tub because both ends of the through port are sealed by the conical seat. In short, the attachment is such that its operation to deliver water either to tub or shower at will is unmistakable. Thus, to deliver to the tub, the handle 7 is pointed down toward the tub and to deliver to the shower it is pointed horizontally toward the shower. What I claim is:

An attachment for use in combination with a tub faucet and a shower bath, said attachment having a casing the upper part of which consists of a horizontally extending table with openings at its corners, U bolts straddling the faucet, the threaded ends of which are received downwardly through the openings in the table, and nuts co-acting with said threaded ends underneath the table, said casing below the table having a tubular seat extending horizontally through it, a plug rotatably fitting said seat, an inlet orifice leading downwardly from the table to said tubular seat and connecting with the mouth of the faucet, said casing further having two outlet orifices leading from the seat,

sealed by the seat of the casing, said seat being cut away at one place to uncover the mouth of the partial port and connect it with the inlet orifice of the casing when the plug has been rotated into a position which connects its through port with the shower orifice of the casing. In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence 0 two witnesses.

' HENRY W. A. LEHNERT. Witnesses:

E. W. Som'um, Jr, HYMAN PONKER. 

